Creative Art Director Lifted Austin, TX, US Workplace 12 hours ago

Content Creators; Austin (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to build a scalable talent solution, sourcing, contracting, managing, and paying contingent talent for high-impact projects. The role focuses on leading creative vision, brand expression, and cross-functional collaboration across campaigns and channels, mentoring teams, and driving quality across deliverables.

The senior role involves directing design, copy, motion, and production teams from concept to execution, ensuring consistency with brand standards

Qualifications

• Senior creative leader with oversight of visual direction and concept development.
• Experience directing multidisciplinary teams across design, copy, motion, and production.
• Ability to translate business strategy into compelling creative platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead creative vision and brand expression across campaigns and channels.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams from concept to execution while maintaining quality and brand consistency.
• Guide on-set art direction for photo/video shoots and supervise visual identity application.
• Present work internally and incorporate feedback to refine concepts.
• Mentor talent, set craft standards, and elevate creative culture.

Skills

Creative leadership

Brand strategy

Team leadership

Art direction

Concept development

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Company Description

About Lifted

Lifted partners with enterprise companies to help them scale smarter. We offer a single solution designed to source, contract, manage, and pay contingent talent. For talent in our network, Lifted provides access to enterprise-level projects while handling engagement setup, contracting, compliance, and payments in the background, so you can focus on delivering high-quality work.

Job Description

Why We're Building a Talent Pool

We're continuously building our network of experienced talent across Creative Art Directors who are interested in being considered for full or part-time employment engagements with assignments to work with our enterprise partners. While this is not tied to one specific project, selected candidates may be matched to future employment opportunities based on experience, availability, and alignment with project needs.

Qualifications

What We Look For

• Lead creative vision, concept development, and brand expression across campaigns and channels
• Translate business strategies and consumer insights into compelling creative platforms
• Direct multidisciplinary creative teams (design, copy, motion, production) through concepting to execution
• Review and approve creative work to ensure consistency, quality, and adherence to brand standards
• Partner with marketing, product, global/regional creative, and leadership to align on strategy and creative direction
• Manage creative presentations, storytelling, narrative frameworks, and pitch development
• Mentor and elevate talent; set craft standards and creative culture expectations
• Make final decisions on creative concepts, visual tone, and brand identity evolution
• Develop visual concepts, storyboards, and creative territories for campaigns and content
• Guide designers, photographers, videographers, and copy partners in executing visual direction
• Oversee composition, typography, color, layout, and brand visual identity application
• Provide on-set art direction during photo/video shoots
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure brand consistency across deliverables
• Present creative work internally and incorporate feedback
• Ensure all assets meet brand style guidelines and quality standards

Additional Qualifications (if relevant)

• Background in Senior creative leadership overseeing visual direction & concept development.